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Sat, Mar 8, 2025·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Seattle Kraken 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 63% of the time.

PHI winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA0731619432
PHI1110904124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 19:28PHIOwen TippettAssists: Matvei Michkov, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:11SEATye KartyeAssists: Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:57SEAMatty BeniersGWGAssists: Ryker Evans, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:38SEAChandler StephensonSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:55SEABrandon MontourAssists: Matty Beniers · Slap, 0.01 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:02SEAMatty Beniers: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:37SEAJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:37SEAAndre Burakovsky: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 0:00PHIOlle Lycksell: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:09SEAMichael Eyssimont: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:27PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:10SEABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 15:43PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beniers won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAPHI
32Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals2.2
68Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won22
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
13Hits21
15Blocked shots18
13Giveaways16
3Takeaways3

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Kakko – Beniers10:52

    xG 0.60–0.18 (77%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Hayden – Eyssimont – Kartye5:58

    xG 0.34–0.01 (97%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Eberle – Stephenson – Tolvanen6:30

    xG 0.52–0.24 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Burakovsky – McCann – Wright6:44

    xG 0.21–0.04 (84%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn15:01

    xG 0.78–0.18 (82%)attempts 26–13goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Montour12:31

    xG 0.68–0.32 (68%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  3. Mahura – Evans10:30

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Tippett – Michkov6:50

    xG 0.55–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Konecny – Poehling – Lycksell5:02

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Tippett2:10

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Abols – Pelletier4:57

    xG 0.09–0.31 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Sanheim – Andrae2:37

    xG 0.01–0.04 (25%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Seeler – Zamula8:48

    xG 0.08–0.36 (18%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Ristolainen – Andrae11:05

    xG 0.35–0.80 (31%)attempts 5–18goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

PHI 2.2 xGSEA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISEA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #854 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 63% of the time.

PHI winsSEA wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − SEA), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).